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PUBLIC LAW 89-794-NOV. 8, 1966

COMMUNITY ACTION—^FUNDING INDEPENDENT PROGRAMS; I N SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS

1459 MEMBERSHIP

78 Stat. 518. SEC. 208. Section 205 of the Act is amended by adding at the end 42 USC 2785. thereof the following new subsections: " (g) The Director shall carry out this part in such a manner as to insure that funds available for carrying out this part (other than those available for carrying out subsections (d) and (e) of this section, '^"'^' P- ^"^^^ and sections 206(b), 211-1 (a), 211-1 (b), 211-2 and 211-3) at least °^ P- ^^^ 5 per centum will be used for carrying out independently funded community action programs (other than programs described in subsections (d) and (e) of this section, and sections 206(b), 211-1 (a), 211-1 (b), 211-2 and 211-3) which are carried on in communities in which there is being carried on concurrently a community action program for which an overall community action agency assumes responsibility for planning, developing, and coordinating communitywide antipoverty programs and provides for the involvement and participation of public and private nonprofit agencies. In addition the Director may use an additional 5 per centum of such funds for carrying out such programs. For purposes of this subsection, a program will be deemed to be independently funded if the grantee is one that develops, and is funded to operate only, programs which are of limited scope and which does not have broad comprehensive community representation on its policymaking board, whether or not the grantee sponsors one or several component programs. " (h) The Director shall make grants to, or contracts with, independently funded public and private nonprofit agencies and organizations in predominantly rural areas in accordance with sections 210 and '^^ "^^ ^^^^ 617, where the Director determines it is not feasible, within a reason- ^^?,*;?*• ^^^^ able period of time, to establish community action agencies. " (i) I f projects are of a regional nature and can be more efficiently operated on this basis, the Director may make grants to, or contract with, independently funded, public and private nonprofit agencies and organizations for the conduct and administration of such projects. " (j) No officer or employee of the Office of Economic Opportunity shall be an executive officer or a member of the board of directors of any organization (other than a religious organization) with which the Director has entered into a contract under this section to carry out a community action program or a component program thereof." COMMUNITY ACTION—FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTING

SEC. 209. Section 205 of the Act is amended by inserting at the end thereof (after the subsections added by section 208) the following: " (k) No funds shall be released to any public or private nonprofit agency, or combination thereof, under this section unless the grantee organization has submitted to the Director either— "(1) a statement from the appropriate public financial officer of the community or of the public agency which will maintain the accounts of the grantee, stating that such officer accepts responsibility for providing financial services adequate to insure the establishment and maintenance of an accounting system by such agency and its delegate agencies, with internal controls adequate to safeguard the assets of such agencies, check the accuracy and reliability of accounting data, promote operational efficiency and encourage adherence to prescribed management policies; or

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